scintillant
\sɛ̃.ti.jɑ̃\
The verdict
“scintillant” is uncommon French (frequency #61,131 among 6,032 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,131
- frequency rank, French
- 6,032
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui scintille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-scintillant · scintillant · French
scintillant · rank #61,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,131
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,032
- PHOTO-FINISH scandaleuseme…
Nearest frequency peer: scandaleusement (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « scintillant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- sauternes
sauternes
38,873 corpus weight
- saynètes
saynètes
38,872 corpus weight
- scandaleuse…
scandaleusement
38,871 corpus weight
- scintillant
scintillant
38,870 corpus weight
- screenshots
screenshots
38,869 corpus weight
- scrum
scrum
38,868 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « scintillant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | scintillant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \sɛ̃.ti.jɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « scintillant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
scintillant is uncommon French at frequency #61,131 among 6,032 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \sɛ̃.ti.jɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui scintille.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for scintillant, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is scintillant, spelled S-C-I-N-T-I-L-L-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui scintille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how scintillant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En effet, aussi loin que la vue pouvait s'étendre, ce n'étaient que pics décharnés, à chacun desquels pendaient, comme la queue traînante d'un manteau, les scintillantes ondulations d'une mer de glace.
Par endroit le soleil parvenait à transpercer la canopée compacte, venant frapper le sol de ses épées scintillantes.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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